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One thing Activision has learned from Blizzard is how to put on a great event focused entirely around one game. I attended one afternoon out of the two day Call of Duty XP. The event was in a hanger space that was massive. Even though the space was huge, Activision managed to take up the entire space. As you walk up to the hangar, you see the large Modern Warfare 3 image which is actually the cover for the game. The events outside were pretty amazing. First they had a real life Burger Town to order lunch from. The meals were pretty pricey though for a group of people that paid $150 to attend the con. A burger combination was $12. That didn’t seem to stop hungry gamers because Burger Town had lines the whole time. Also outside was a zip line. The lines were long, but it seemed like

I am back this month with a new convention update. At first, this didn’t seem like a very fun month, as I found a lot of industry events and not much for fans,but a little determined searching helped me find a lot of cool looking cons. Note: I have tried to include information on a wide variety of science fiction/fantasy, gaming and generally geeky conventions, but I am not guaranteeing this covers everything. Please feel free to suggest other conventions, for this month or future months in the comments! Science Online September 2 – 3 British Library, London This looks like an interesting discussion of how science and the internet connect with each other. Does the internet allow science hobbyists to participate more in the scientific world, and is that useful? You can follow the discussion on Twitter by following @soloconf, or using the hashtag #solo11. It looks like they